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Tully

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Tully [ˈtʌlɪ]
n
(Biographies) the former English name for (Marcus Tullius) Cicero
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Noun1.Tully - a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC)Tully - a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC)
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Cicero
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A second sort, is of those that have some natural dispositions which have better grace in youth, than in age; such as is a fluent and luxuriant speech; which becomes youth well, but not age: so Tully saith of Hortensius, Idem manebat, neque idem decebat.
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"You have touched upon a subject, senor canon," observed the curate here, "that has awakened an old enmity I have against the plays in vogue at the present day, quite as strong as that which I bear to the books of chivalry; for while the drama, according to Tully, should be the mirror of human life, the model of manners, and the image of the truth, those which are presented now-a-days are mirrors of nonsense, models of folly, and images of lewdness.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
 
 
 
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